Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800

• A Male HermDomenico Maria Canutic. 1669
• Presentation Drawing for the Ceiling Fresco of the OgnissantiGiuseppe Benuccic. 1769
• The Triumph of Virtue and Divine WisdomLivio Retti1736
• Satyr Holding a RoundelAnnibale Carracci1597/1600
• A Man Seen from Behind [recto]Taddeo Zuccaric. 1555
• An Ornate Ceiling with an Allegory of SpringGiacomo Quarenghi1790/1815
• Euterpe (Personification of Music)Friedrich Sustris1569/1573
• A Ceiling with Apollo Presiding over Military and Historical LearningAnton Kern1740s
• The Stoning of Saint StephenJohann Georg Dieffenbrunner1754
• A Coffered Dome with Apollo and PhaetonFelice Gianic. 1787
• Illusionistic Architecture for the Vault of San IgnazioAndrea Pozzo1685/1690
• A Ceiling Decoration with Landscapes and BattlesLazzaro Tavaronec. 1620
• Saint Catherine of Siena on a CloudLuigi Garzi1696/1697
• The Ascension of ChristCosmas Damian Asam1720
• The Adoration of the MagiGeorg Anton Urlaub1756
• Aurora Heralding the Arrival of the Morning SunFrançois Boucherc. 1765
• Angels and Putti Flying with a Garland: Design for a CeilingCharles de La Fossec. 1675
• A Grand Illusionistic CeilingFerdinando Galli Bibiena1720/1740
• The Apotheosis of Saint EuphemiaCarlo Innocenzo Carlone1759/1760
• Cupid Stealing Venus's Floral CrownAntoine Coypel1705/1708
• The Judgment of ParisJacob de Witc. 1731
• A Female Figure Seated on an Entablature, Holding a DistaffLorenzo De Ferraric. 1700/1710
• Studies of Aurora and ApolloPietro Fancelli1794
• Worshippers at the Tomb of Saint PeterMatthäus Günther1740/1741
• Ceiling Studies of a Prophet and a Putto Seen from BelowGiulio Cesare Procaccinic. 1602/1607

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